Physics Class?

I took physics in high school. In physics, we learned formulas for inertia, momentum, etc. My physics teacher never assigned me anything quite like this, though:

Assignment #6 - Biometrics

Please read the following article: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/02/biometrics.story/index.html
Are Biometrics an important security tool in a post 9/11 world, or are they an unwanted invasion of our privacy and constitutional rights?

Post your thoughts on this subject with 200 proofed words. This assignment is due on or before 8am Friday, January 21st. Late posts will be accepted with a 10 point penalty per day.

Does this sound like a physics class to you? Me neither. How about this:

Assignment #5 -Tsunami Early Warning System

Should Tsunami warning buoys be deployed in the Indian Ocean to guard against the reoccurence of the recent tragedy in Asia? If so, who should pay for the development, deployment and long term maintainence of such a system. Would funds earmarked for such a system be better spent on providing long term medicine, food, water and reconstruction for the devastated areas? Also, do you feel that the US response to this unprecedented disaster has been adequate thus far? Post your thoughts in 200 proofed words on or before 8am on Friday, January 7, 2005

From what it looks like, the North Salem, NY high school physics class is having to do these sorts of essays as comments on a blog that the teacher has set up. The blog is simply titled Physics.

My pal, the Queen of Nothing, discovered it while surfing Blogger. She went up to the little header at the top of Blogger blogs, and clicked "Next Blog". This is what she landed on. I'm hoping this is a gag site, but it looks real to me.